Friday, October 31, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Probably my favourite part of Hallowe'en (after the candy corn) is carving pumpkins. Now that the kids are old enough to share my enthusiasm we generally buy one pumpkin per person (this year from a hobby farmer just down the street). I had to twist C's arm into carving one, but secretly he enjoys it just as much as I do.

PS - my computer is kaput, along with my image editing software, so updates will likely be sporadic while I wait for 'tech support' (ie: C) to fix it :)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

A day with no electricity (and therefore no heat or flushing toilets) and 15+ cm of snow would seem to be the definition of a craptacular day... but not for these two. A day home with mama and papa, lots of snow to play in, grilled cheese sandwiches with the help of a generator, they were in heaven.

Monday, October 27, 2008

We actually paid 88 1/2 cents per Litre of gas today, I can't remember the last time gas was this cheap but I'm almost certain it was well over a year ago. It won't last of course, but it was almost a treat today.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Got the bits into their Hallowe'en costumes for a little photo shoot (cheating, maybe, but by the time we get home from school/work on Hallowe'en, get dinner and get dressed it'll be dark and all of my pictures will look like 'Revenge of the Red Eye Zombies'.)

Friday, October 24, 2008

It's a PD day today, so the daycare is having an early Hallowe'en party. Instead of wearing costumes, they asked simply that the kids wear orange shirts (much easier!) I was trying to get a shot of these two in all their cuteness, but only one was cooperative.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

It's a mall, water park, amusement park, aquarium, Chinatown, ice rink and so much more. It's West Edmonton Mall. Doing the touristy thing and taking a peek around 'west ed'. This is part of the roller coaster system inside the mall.

Monday, October 13, 2008

My front door. I don't actually love this door, it's not in great shape and not the colour I'd choose, but it does look pretty from the street. Someday, in the (probably distant) future I'll replace it with something stained glass, but for now, it says welcome home.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

The annual fall barbeque at the bits' school. There's always a face painter (and frankly those face painters are the bane of a mother's existence, scrubbing all of that crap off their faces while they cry that they still want to be a butterfly...) They're definitely cute though.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

School picture day! These are totally crappy pics, we were running late and I snapped them literally as we were running out the door, and I could not for the life of me fix the red eye in a way that didn't make them look like aliens, but you get the picture - they're adorable :)

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Finally a bit of sunshine (still coooooold, but I'll take it!) and my first opportunity to look at the fall leaves. We're probably just past the peak of colour (rain knocks the leaves off the trees too quickly so you go from green to bald) but what's left is stunning.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Anyone who knows me in real life knows I am profoundly affected by sun (or more specifically by the lack of it). The long Canadian winters make me gloomy and cranky and I generally count on a good dose of summer sunshine to carry me through to Christmas. This year though was perhaps the least sunny summer I can remember, higher than average rainfall and a huge amount of cloudy, grey and overcast days. Now between rainy gloomy days in Vancouver, then flying back into a rain storm, and the constant drizzle ever since I returned, it's been well over a week since I last saw the sun. And I'm cranky.